1、The engineers are planning to ______________ oil with some kind of material for the engine.
A.substitute
B.place
C.replace
D.instead
本题答案：
C
2、Truth will ____________ over falsehood, right over wrong.
A.prevail
B.advantage
C.win
D.earn
本题答案：
A
3、_______ useful book it is!
A.What an
B.How a
C.What a
D.What
本题答案：
C
4、That was _______ matter that I had no choice but to talk it over with my parents.
A.a such serious
B.a so serious
C.such serious a
D.so serious a
本题答案：
D
5、I asked the saleswoman to __________ the price, but she firmly refused to. Faced with this I decided to turn to the manager.
A.bring down
B.lay down
C.put down
D.draw down
本题答案：
C
6、I’ve been a student there for nearly two and _______ half years.
A.a
B.an
C.the
D./
本题答案：
A
7、-When did you arrive in Beijing? -__________.
A.nobody informs me.
B.I will see you later.
C.2 hours later
D.No, I don’t think I can get soon.
本题答案：
C
8、-What were you doing at nine last night? -__________.
A.I was watching TV at that time.
B.Yes, but I can’t afford the time
C.I did my homework.
D.I am going to leave my aunt’s home.
本题答案：
A
9、The boys spent the whole morning _______ possible answers to the question.
A.discuss
B.and discussing
C.discussing
D.and discussed
本题答案：
C
10、Only after a year _____________ to see the results of my experiment.
A.I began
B.I had begun
C.have I begun
D.did I begin
本题答案：
D
11、It is useful to be able to predict the extent ______ which a price change will affect supply and demand.
A.from
B.to
C.for
D.with
本题答案：
B
12、She was scared to __________ death when she heard the news.
A.as much as
B.as well as
C.as good as
D.as many as
本题答案：
C
13、—I really don’t know how to thank you enough. —______.
A.No problem
B.Think nothing of it
C.With pleasure
D.Glad to hear that
本题答案：
B
14、My brother changed his major at college several times and he never ________ any one very long.
A.stuck to
B.kept back
C.let alone
D.made way
本题答案：
A
15、_________, Edison began experimenting with something which he had made himself.
A.On August 12, 1877
B.In August 12, 1877
C.At 12 August, 1877
D.In 1877, August, 12
本题答案：
A
16、He cut the cake __.
A.in halves
B.in half
C.into halves
D.into half
本题答案：
B
17、——Did your classmate accept your invitation? ——No, he ____ refused.
A.as far as
B.as well as
C.as soon as
D.as good as
本题答案：
D
18、_____________, we started looking for work.
A.Having been spent all the money
B.All the money having been spent
C.We spent all the money
D.All the money was spent
本题答案：
B
19、While he was investigating ways t improve the telescope Newton made _______ discovery which completely changed ____ man’s understanding of color.
A.a,/
B.a,the
C./,the
D.the,a
本题答案：
A
20、When he applied for a _____________ in the office of the local newspaper, he was told to see the manager.
A.location
B.profession
C.career
D.position
本题答案：
D
